The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-24

the cholr and congregation singing.
Guide us, o thou great Jehovah,
| Saints unto the promised land;
| We are weak, but Thou ar able
| Hold us with rny powerful hand.
Holy Spirit,
! Feed us till the Savior comes.
Prayer by Elder William Greenwood
of American Fork.
Singing by the choir of the hymn,
Jesus once of humble birth,
Now in glory comes to earth;
Once He suffered grief and pain,
Now he comes on earth to reign.
APOSTLE JOHN W. TAYLOR, being re-
quested to speak, said he would do SO,
relying on the faith of the congregations
and also on their kind attention. He
had just returned, with Apostle John
Henry Smith, from Uintah County,
where they had organized stake, as
there were from 500 to l 800 Saints in
that section, who had long desired to
have stake organization OF their own.
instead of having to depend on
Wasatch. He gave the Information for
the benefit of those who had relatives
there. He also mentioned the fact that
the season there was dry one. They
first set apart president and two
counselors, High Counsel organized five
or six different wards, with q bishop
over each, supported by a corps of
teachers. The president of stake pre-
sides over all living in his jurisdiction,
no matter if it were one of the First
Presidency, High Councillor or men,
Der of the Twelve. He briefly state the
duties of the bishops council and the
High Council. The accused and &C
cuser have the right of appeal, from
which final appeal may be taken to the
First Presidency OF the church, and
their decision, if not complied with by
the litigant renders the latter subject to
| disfellowship from the church. There
| is no requirement.in the revelations for
this last appeal. but it has been provided
for in cases of emergency. What is ap-
pliCable in one stake is applicable IN all.
He drew attention to the fact that the
Saints were too prone to carry their
grievances into the courts of the land,
| when they can be settled by upright,
| lust and honorable men, set apart for
| that purpose, in the church. Apostle
Taylor strongly advocated the settle
| ment of disputes, quarrels, ETC., among
the people, Dy and among themselves.
| The accused has a cow by the horn, the
accuser by the tail and the lawyer has
the bucket and is milking the animal to
the last drop, was an old but trite saying,
he said. Generally after litigation in
courts is over, and the expenses of the
| lawyers and courts are paid, there is
sometimes very little left. He believed
| it would be better in every way for peo-
pie to settle their temporal difficulties
| out of court. Excepting the Saints
were one in temporal things, they could
mt become one in spiritual Things"
was advocated by the Prophet Smith.
These matters ne had spoken of were
what Paul referred to when he said
there were placed in the church first
apostles, etc.
In 1876, the apostle continued, the
| ftUieth anniversary Of the church was
participated in by representatives from
sixteen different nations of the earth.
This. he mentioned as rejecting on the
composition of the community of the
Latter day Saints. The fact illustrated
the principle of gathering, believed in
and practiced by the Saints. He wished
to ask g few questions of those before
him, if there were any ministers of the
gospel among the congregation, if the
Scriptures were taken as a standard
who were living according to them, the
Latter day Saints or the sects of the
world2 Regarding the setting apart Ct
missionaries, twenty of whom he haG
assisted in ordainipg on Saturday,
Jesus said, in Mark xvi: go ye into al
the world and preach the gospel to
every creature He that believeth anc
is baptized shall be saved; but he tina
believeth not shall be damned" "Freely
We have received, therefore freely give,
the Savior once said, as much
as to say, 1.-THE gospel cost yor
nothing, so dispense it without
cost to the world" He also said
He that receiveth a prophet in tn,
name OF prophet, shall receive {
prophets reward. And whosoever shall
give unto of these little ones. a cup O
cup of cold water only, sail in no wis,
lose his reward" He referred at Length
to the instructions given by Jesus to Hi
disciples when sending them out, tive
by two, into the world, and compared
them with instructions ministers OF tn,
gospel received in the present day. h,
read from the 31st verse of the Xxx,
chapter of Matthew, to illustrate the
rewards to be expected for receiving tn.
Lord Jesus and the condemnation fo
rejecting His word. This was the Cos
pei plainly laid down in a brief man
ner. He quoted further and said
This gospel of the kingdom shall bt
preached unto all the world as a witnes.
and then shall the end come" Tn,
gospel was taken from the earth. Their:
was great falling away and darkness
covered the earth, and gross darkness!
the minds of the people. The Savsol
taught his followers to pray, lou
Father who art in heaven, haliowed b,
Thy name, Thy kingdom come" etc
This kingdom was being prayed for al
over the world. What kind of king
dom was it when it did come? til,
speaker asked, and answered it by saw,
ing it would be one such As Paul de.
scrihed in Epbesians iv. Such a church
should be sought for to day by thos,
looking for the church of God. VII,
was authorized by God to carry on thi.
work OF the Almighty on the earth ?"I
any man preach unto you any othe,
gospel than that which we hay,
preached, let him be accursed," Pau
also said. There were ordinances o
the ancient gospel which had been don,
away with by the people: they wer,
being broken, and the Saints were beins
required by their enemies TO break then
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